Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-23
CoNGREs>IoNaL-
THE SENATE

WASHINGTON. February 2-In the
Senate to-day the presiding Gffeer pre-
sen.ed = memorial frou, thirteen Grand
Army posts Of 0hie for the passage of the
Dependent Pension ball over the Pres
dents veto Like nemor ais were pre-
sented by several other Senator'S
Riddl=berger presented a petition
against the rati6c4sioo Of the extradi
ton treaty with Great Britain He said
he had q number ct petitions from Nex
Yerk, Boston aad osher eitis-. bas haa
hssitated sboat presenting them in open
session. The presiding Ofh.sr said that
ordinarily such petitions were presented
in executive session
a message Was recefved from the
President Disappearing Of the pension
bills for Rschsl Ann Pserpons and Jacob
Smith. because similar pensioas had
been also granted to them regularly
through the Pension Once aute5atipx
the p~siOds when pensions under these
etrC-AA- 1I-o - 0AA44 A1kH C-AELt- &A@Q t4c
pension bill for John D. Flncher On the
ground Of absolute absence Of disability
Referred to the Committee On Pessi9asL
An adverse report Vas to-day ordered
oy theSena'e finance Coamittee On Sena-
tor Bsekis ball to provide for the retire
meat of United States legal tender na-
tlonal bank notes Of small drnoEninatiors
and the issue OF CON certificates, IN place
of outstanding silver and gold certlfi-
Gates The b.n also requires the Seere-
t2ry OF the Treasury TO issne these eer-
titieat.s IN determinations Of 81, S2 aud
$. On all the surplus coin and gold
bullion held by the Treasury zs property
of the United States. in excess of $780,
Ooo. 600 OF gold and silver coin and gold
bullion. and to pay cut the same In dis
charge Of government oblig1ti01s, ex
eept sueh as are male payable expressly
In gold ami silver coin After tine &C ION
OF the committee Senator Beck gave
notice thai he would >all the bill up in
the Senate at the first oppertlnity-
The bili making appropriations for
the Military Academy was then passed
Mr.. MIlier moved 10 take up the bill
tn create a Department of Agrlc1lsars-
After debate the ball went over rs un-
iioished business
House amendments to the S1ndry
Civil bill we're prsseated and were. On
motion of ALISON, disagreed 10 IN
buik and = conference was asked,
Senators Allison, HAle and Back being
appointed eoaferses.
After an extra session the Senate si-
lJarnei.
T7E HorSE-
Bland, as 4 question OF privilege,
called up the vetoed bill Increasing the
pension of John w FArri.. He bOre
testimony. from his personal knowleSg=
of the claimant, TO the merit of the
claim. and asked that the House PASS
the bill over the veto The Ho1se re-
fused to do so-yeas l52. noes 9S- This
Was Insufficient for the constitutional
twothir1s vote In the affrmat We
Bragg, of Wisconsin. from the COM
mittes on Military Affairs. reported =
bill to provide for the maaufsc,nre of
tirst-clAss modern guns for the aavy. the
sea coast and other defsnses- Referred
to the Committee On the Whole The
Committee reported unaaimoQsly and
said that while they concur In the
wisdom Of making provisions looking -
\ system of public defease, which shill
protect our seahoard and the great lakes
In the case of a contingency of war,
which the COMMITTEES do not consider IN
any degree immineGt, they decline to
adopt the proposed bill, bar recommend
n substitute therefore, which In their
judgement will fally meet ali present
exigencies. and place the country IN a
position by winch II vii De enabled
readily and quickly to provide against
all future emergencies that may ARISE
The House Committee On Public
Buildings has agreed to rspsrt the bull
approPriating sl.aOo. 600 for the purpose
of creating public buildings at MIixau-
kee, Wis. Mex. to the Nes Yoek Cas-
tom House oil, this measure carries
the largest appropriation of any reported
from the committee duriug this session
The Ho1se proceeded with the eoasld
Grafton Of resalations expressive OF re-
gret at the death of Senator Austin L.
Pike of Ne~ Hampshire. and as mark
OF respect to the deceased the House
then adjourned